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The Season Ticker – The How-To Guide

24 June 2015 941 comments
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With the Premier League fixture list now revealed, our attentions are now fully focused on planning ahead of the new campaign in August.

In the past week we’ve provided you with insight on the teams faced with the easiest and most daunting passage over the opening four-to-six Gameweeks and, crucially, our season ticker fixture analysis tool was made live and available for you to reach your own conclusions.

The Season Ticker has been part of this site for many seasons, with the members’ version steadily evolving with new features. Some of you may well be unaware of the full functionality available in the tool, so we wanted to remind of the “How To†guide we built last season, guiding you through the use of the members ticker.

The eight movies below break up some of the features available, from the simple step of accessing the Ticker, right through to creating and sharing your own team ratings.

Part One – Accessing the Season Ticker Tool

Our season ticker tool is free to everyone on the site, offering a view of the next six fixtures for each team and allowing you to sort by Gameweek to view those teams with the most difficult and “easier” fixtures.

Our first movie shows you how to access the free version of the ticker and explains how we display fixture difficulty.

Part Two – The Members Ticker – Sorting by Difficulty

The version of the ticker available to members offers far more power to assess the difficulty of forthcoming fixtures for each team by allowing you to sort by a collection of Gameweeks.

View up to nine Gameweeks at once and sort the teams to assess those squads worthy of investment. Rollover a fixture to view previous meetings to add further insight.

Our second movie shows you more…

Part Three – The Members Ticker – Navigating Gameweeks

Not only can you add and remove Gameweeks from the members ticker view, you can also navigate back and forth throughout the season so you can plan your mid-term strategies.

Planning on playing your Wildcard early? Scroll the ticker to Gameweek 4 and check out who has the best run of fixtures from that point on.

This movie shows you how…

Part Four – The Members Ticker – Applying Filters

The members ticker not only gives you a view of the overall fixture difficulty ahead of each team, we’ve also supplied filters that show the chances of goals and clean sheets for each team based on their opponents to come.

Shopping for a defender? Use the “clean sheet filter” to view those teams most likely to keep shut-outs over their next run of matches. Looking for a Sergio Aguero alternative? View the “attacking filter” and the ticker will display those teams set up to score the most goals in the coming Gameweeks.

View this movie for the lowdown…

Part Five – The Members Ticker – Creating Filters

You may well think that our view of fixture difficulties are off-beam. Then why not tinker and create your own?

The members Ticker offers you the opportunity to edit our ratings to produce your own view of each team, enabling you to create brand new filters and overlays.

Check out this movie for a guide on how this is done…

Part Six – The Members Ticker – Sharing Filters

If you’ve created some filters that you think offer a helpful new view of the Season Ticker, or even if you want to an opinion on a filter you’ve created, you can share them with the community.

The Tickers import/export facility makes it easy – just expand the export ratings view and cut and paste the values into an email and the recipient can use the import panel to add your ratings to their ticker and get your filter.

We show you how this works in this movie…

Part Seven – The Members Ticker – Assessing Rotations

Finding pairings of goalkeepers and defenders who rotate home and away, or even rotate favourable fixtures, can be an important factor when selecting your initial squad lineup. The members ticker offers you a handy tool to facilitate such plans.

Members can drag and drop any row on the ticker to organise teams the way they want. Sort by difficulty on clean sheets, then drag and drop rows and you can piece together those teams that offer ideal keeper or defender pairings.

View this movie to see this feature in action…

Part Eight – The Members Ticker – The Expanded View

Did you know that you can use all of the members Ticker’s features in an expanded view? In one click you can expand the view to show up to 30 Gameweeks, giving you the ability to plan your long-term strategy with Wildcards and potential transfer targets.

This video shows you how…

2015/16 Memberships Now Available

Memberships for the new season are now available for the pre-season price of £12.50 (RRP £15.00).

Existing registered users can upgrade to a Member via this link. Those users yet to register can register as Members via this link. Payments can be made using a Paypal account or through Stripe using a credit or debit card.

For further details of the benefits of signing up, view this page.

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  1. flippetyflop
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    I'm playing in a 7 a side footy tournament next week played on a 11 a side pitch...,.asides from needing stamina, what other attributes do you think are important?

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    1. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Pace to run into space, there will be plenty of it. Good long ball ability might be handy too as players will find space to run into.

      Play 3-2-1

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    2. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Closing space and using space well.

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    3. Cthulhu @ Left Back
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      How long is each game? Might be worth sitting back for the first 15 mins, let opposition exhaust themselves running around in such a large space then hit them on the counter.

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    4. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Not losing your temper. Things are bound to get heated.
      Just enjoy yourself.
      Unless there's a big prize, in which case start taking people out but don't get caught by the ref.

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    5. Dr Dream
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Pace yourself as a priority. Make the ball do the work, even better if they start chasing after it. Think rope a dope.

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    6. Black Knights
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Passing is quite important. You won't have the ball much so keep it while you can.

      Discipline is huge too. No point every one thinking they can go gung-ho because inevitably you will lose the ball, and someone needs to be a last man to protect yourselves from their counter-attacks.

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    7. Mr. Grv
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      I have played in lots of such tournies. I would recommend a very hard working midfielder for such tournies . All the above mentioned points are correct .
      Other factor is fatigue do you have one match a day or multiple ?
      The strategy we used was use only first 5 mins of both halfs to attack and try just nicking in 1 goal and sit back and relax for the next game.
      If you have good long range shooter . ask him to take lot of shots and others can take couple of them .Do not even bother beating defenders .Try layoff for the one who's shooting . Amateur tournaments have poor gk's and if its full fledged goals . They don't even bother moving . Best of luck

      Its very long 😀

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  2. internal error
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    this might persuade me to become a member. Will watcfh the vids after work

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    1. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      I originally joined to support a site that I visit so often but the tools and stats have become very useful in my FPL play.

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    2. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      I became a member and didn't even use it.

      I might give it a go this year, but probably not.

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      1. Shaw must go on
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        same here... lol..

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      2. The Sarjeant
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        You haven't used the ticker? Is probably the best bit!

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        1. Epic Fail
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          I still just used the free one. My tactics in FPL ate generally quite simplistic.

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          1. Epic Fail
            • 15 Years
            10 years, 5 months ago

            are*

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  3. Parm
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    Ángel di María on if he is uneasy at United: "Yes. For me, and my family. Because not everything goes as I want, because I don't play."

    "Because I came with an intention and end up on the bench. It's hard to tell how I feel there."

    Ángel di María when asked if he'll leave United: "No, because I'm not thinking like that."

    "I started well, with goals and assists. I was having a good time, until I was out. It's a little hard to explain why I do not play."

    From Olé, an Argentinian newspaper.

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    1. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      And I agree with all the points he has raised.

      I thought he was class.

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      1. Kings of Lyon ★
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        +1

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    2. internal error
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      sounds miffed. Think it will be more of the same next season

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  4. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    Adam McGurk has left Burton Albion to join Portsmouth.

    Not sure why this isn't on the scout tweets.

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  5. Van Klinkert Delarosa
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    Didn't even realised that Yevhen Konoplyanka is a Free Agent.

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    1. The Sarjeant
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Always gets bought straight away by top teams on Football Manager Handheld.

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      1. Van Klinkert Delarosa
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Arsenal usually.

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  6. The Sarjeant
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    Just throwing my tips for the ticker out there -

    http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2015/06/18/creating-a-fixture-rotation-guide-using-the-members-ticker/

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    1. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 18 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Just bumping Sarj's methods - some cunning stuff in that article.

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      1. The Sarjeant
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks Mark!

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    2. Boyd to Sven
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      I've just become a member and this looks like it will be handy for me setting up my initial rotations. Cheers.

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  7. internal error
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    City to rival Utd with a bid for Otamendi. Will be interesting to see that one play out.

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    1. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Quite a few Argentines up there - Rojo, ADM, Zabaleta, Demichelis, Aguero

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      1. internal error
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Yep. Would be a massive blow to Utd, if Ramos rumours are nonsense.

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      2. Dušan Citizen
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Caballero

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      3. internal error
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        can't imagine ADM endorsing Utd much

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  8. meerlight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    The one feature that I'd like to see on the ticker is to be able to sort on arbitrary gameweeks.

    For example, if you are looking for a player for GWs 1 3 5 7 and 9 then you can move those columns to the left. Then you can reduce the GWs displayed to just those 5 columns. Now if you click sort I'd like it to sort on those five columns, but it just sorts for GWs 1-5. ðŸ™

    would anyone else find this useful?

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    1. Couti & the Below5th
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      You can do this already, no? Just drag and drop weeks

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      1. meerlight
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        it gets the sort wrong

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      2. Ludo
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        You can put them next to each other, but you can't sort by difficulty for those arbitrary gameweeks.

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      3. Couti & the Below5th
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        It looks like I am mistaken! Must have chopped and changed both axis and not realised I was getting the same result as before haha

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        1. meerlight
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          I fell into that trap last season. I wonder how many others have done the same?

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  9. Couti & the Below5th
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    Following on from Giggs Boson’s excellent work to do with clean sheets, I have put together some clean sheet/goals against data for the BPL teams' most recent managers. Using their current or most recent tenure, I hoped to spot which managers performed over or above their average last season and as a result whether a team is more likely to provide more clean sheets – or even more minus 2s!

    The stat I was really interested in was how many goals on average do teams concede when they are not getting clean sheets – or their clean sheet risk factor. For example, Liverpool tallied 14 clean sheets last season but conceded an average of 2 in the others (i.e. 48 goals in the other 24 games).

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B03D_KnVF1fRRE5KUzlQeUJyVkk/view?usp=sharing

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  10. Captain Shirokov
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    My god, so much complications for a relatively simple game.

    8 (!) videos alone on one of the many features of the members section. 😯

    If I do become a member, it will be in support of this site. I can never see myself using all those tools.

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    1. Kings of Lyon ★
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Comparison tool is fantastic imo

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      1. Cthulhu @ Left Back
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Agreed-It's the player comparison tool that I've found easily the most useful part of site.I've often watched MOTD and thought that a player looked really good only to find that they managed all of 1 good moment in the match when using the comparison tool

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        1. Captain Shirokov
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          That might not exactly be a good thing. I've based all of my transfers off watching motd and live matches when available in the last three seasons and done ok for myself.

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          1. Doolittle
            • 13 Years
            10 years, 5 months ago

            You might have done better with the stats 😉

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            1. Captain Shirokov
              • 14 Years
              10 years, 5 months ago

              Nah, I'm happy with how I've done. I already spend too much time on FPL, it would consume absolutely everything if I got involved in the stats side of things too.

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          2. Cthulhu @ Left Back
            • 11 Years
            10 years, 5 months ago

            It depends-I base most decisions on watching MOTD but if I'm not 100% sure or I haven't seen enough of a player in a game I use the comparison tool to verify.

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      2. Lucy.
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Yup. That and the ticker are the best things about membership. 😀

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        1. Doolittle
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          Is the ticker at the side different for non-members?

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          1. Ludo
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 5 months ago

            Logout and have a look.

            It's stuck on the next 6 Gameweeks - you can't move forwards or backwards, or lengthen or shorten the number of games looked at. You can't sort by overall difficulty, or specify between 'attacking' and 'clean sheets', or modify the filters.

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            1. Doolittle
              • 13 Years
              10 years, 5 months ago

              Ahh thanks, I was worried for a minute that stingy non-members were getting the same ticker 😉

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              1. Doolittle
                • 13 Years
                10 years, 5 months ago

                The site won't even let me log out :ozil:

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                1. JK - Cønt â­
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  10 years, 5 months ago

                  me neither 😆

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                  1. Doolittle
                    • 13 Years
                    10 years, 5 months ago

                    They've trapped us JK.

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                    1. JK - Cønt â­
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 14 Years
                      10 years, 5 months ago

                      it was all part of their plan

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  11. Your Mum's Athletic
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    I look forward to using these as a first time member, in the mean time, I'm going for a Birthday fillet steak. giggity

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    1. Lucy.
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Happy Birthday! 🙂

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    2. JK - Cønt â­
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Giggity

      Happy Birthday

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    3. Doolittle
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Happy birthday!

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    4. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      happy birthday mum

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      1. Your Mum's Athletic
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers Son

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    5. Your Mum's Athletic
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      thanks all

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    6. Black Knights
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Happy Birthday!

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  12. JK - Cønt â­
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    someone recommended a Watford/Bournemouth rotation to me. Not bad for 8GWs, takes a turn after though

    GWs 1-8

    AVL, WBA, SOT, LEI, SWA/nor, SUN, CPL, bou/WAT

    After GW8

    ARS, sto, WHM, NEW, swa, avl, NOR, sun, wba, cpl, TOT

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    1. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      can't see many CS there mate

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      1. Doolittle
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        The problem with cheap rotation is you're never confident they'll keep a CS in ANY game.

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        1. JK - Cønt â­
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          am not in favour of rotation

          One keeper for me, who will be dependant on prices, though right now Panti is my preference

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      2. JK - Cønt â­
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        agreed

        best rotation I've seen in Norwich and Stoke

        am still minded to one cheap keeper though I've heard whispers that Panti has handed in a transfer request

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        1. Davido989
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          Panti transfer request?!

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          1. JK - Cønt â­
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 5 months ago

            nothing confirmed but I've heard whispers that Everton may want him

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            1. Davido989
              • 15 Years
              10 years, 5 months ago

              mannone..4.5m? 😉

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              1. JK - Cønt â­
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                10 years, 5 months ago

                one would assume they'd sign a replacement

                but fond memories of Don Vito

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  13. Jaws
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    Much appreciated as a new member!

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  14. Del Monte
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3137353/Liverpool-s-potential-XI-season-Firmino-Daniel-Sturridge-s-injury-Philippe-Coutinho-James-Milner-Adam-Lallana-support.html

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    1. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      I'd drop Lallana for Ibe

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      1. Cthulhu @ Left Back
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Ibe will be a huge talent as long as Sterling doesn't lead him astray.

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        1. Davido989
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          Yeah Sterling needs to be binned 😛

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    2. Lucy.
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Putting in Clyne before he's even moved. What a bloomin' cheek.

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      1. Woy of the Wovers
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Every team can look a bit better if we're allowed to pick players from other teams.

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  15. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    This transaction will appear on your statement as PayPal *FANTASYFOOT.

    Lol 😀

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    1. JK - Cønt â­
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      don't let the missus see it,

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      1. Doolittle
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        I'm not sure which would be frowned upon more; a kinky foot fetish, or paying to statistically analyse fantasy football.

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        1. Davido989
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/ae/dc/7c/aedc7cc5ca5895e303aafc6eb7fa732b.jpg

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    2. Kings of Lyon ★
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Better than "FOOTFANTASY"

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    3. Your Mum's Athletic
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      The missus just saw this via online banking and offered me some birthday 'fantasyfoot' later. GIGGITY

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    4. Lucy.
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Stop referring to your significant others as your missus. This is not 1950.

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      1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Ball and chain acceptable? 😉

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        1. Lucy.
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          😛 Of course, why wouldn't it be?

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        2. Your Mum's Athletic
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          *grabs popcorn*

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          1. Jafooli
            • 13 Years
            10 years, 5 months ago

            Did you wash your hands first?

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            1. Your Mum's Athletic
              • 14 Years
              10 years, 5 months ago

              still has remnants of pickled egg and salt and vinegar crisps lol (hope that was you re: bar snacks)

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        3. Doolittle
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          This just reminded me of Naomi Wolf's appearance on Ali G:
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyLSstqMvH8

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      2. Kings of Lyon ★
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Youre having a laugh here! I call my gf the misses and she calls herself the misses all the time too. In no way is it derogatory and in no way do I think this statement was meant as a derogatory one

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        1. Lucy.
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          The missus is not a reciprocal label. You don't have 'the mister' as its equivalent. Thus it relegates women as a relation of their other half. I mean I could chat over the semantics of the thing for hours... But it's best I don't 😉

          Plus, its 18th century origin is in 'mistress' which none of us really want to be thought of. And if not, if you hadn't made that connection, it's a spoken form of 'Mrs' which, if she's your girlfriend and unmarried, she isn't that either.

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          1. Kings of Lyon ★
            • 15 Years
            10 years, 5 months ago

            Anyone looked at a three way rotation at the back? Looking at the first 6 fixtures getting a 4.0 from Norwich Bournemouth and Watford you could play

            AVL WBA STO LEI BOU SUN

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            1. Kings of Lyon ★
              • 15 Years
              10 years, 5 months ago

              RF.

              @Lucy, I do see your point but I dont think this is the place to be going into this

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              1. Lucy.
                • 12 Years
                10 years, 5 months ago

                Au contraire. There's always a place for unpicking society's casual, sometimes inadvertent, misogyny.

                As for a triple rotation, it means you need to have two week-in-week outs. The fixtures look lovely for those three but the wider implications sound tricky or expensive.

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            2. JK - Cønt â­
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              10 years, 5 months ago

              ooh now that's good

              but I'd like one that lasts more than 6 games

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              1. Kings of Lyon ★
                • 15 Years
                10 years, 5 months ago

                Agreed, i havent signed up for membership this year so dont know aanymore than the first 6 😉

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                1. Lucy.
                  • 12 Years
                  10 years, 5 months ago

                  I'll have a look 😉

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      3. JK - Cønt â­
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        probably why I'm single 😆

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      4. Cthulhu @ Left Back
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Damn, does that mean I'll have to transfer Stan Mortensen out? Thought he was too much of a differential.

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        1. Lucy.
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          Well played, well played 😆

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  16. Hooky
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    I shall obey the ticker god and get a defender from Bou, Sun, Avl, Sot and Lei for the first 6 weeks 🙂

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    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Enjoy your gw2 wc 😛

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      1. Davido989
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        he'd make a new account by gw 3 😛

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        1. Hooky
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          Are you both dissing the ticker?

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          1. The Bandit
            • 15 Years
            10 years, 5 months ago

            Not at all, but you will soon regret not having an expensive def that you can't afford and five cheap defs never works.

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            1. Hooky
              • 10 Years
              10 years, 5 months ago

              I'm only jesting. I started with 5 cheapies last season and it was a disaster. I may avoid Chelsea early doors due to fixtures but will probably have either an Arsenal or United defender, another mid-price and 3 cheap.

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    2. Lucy.
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      AVL? A Sherwood defence? Ouch.

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      1. Cthulhu @ Left Back
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Seconded, only Ossie Ardilles as a manager was more attack obsessed (i.e. no idea how to organise a defence so couldn't be bothered) than Sherwood.

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  17. JK - Cønt â­
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    My 3 pledges for this season

    1) To always trust my gut
    2) Form over fixtures for attack and fixtures over form for defence
    3) To always have 2-3 legitimate captaincy options

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    1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Sounds sensible to me

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    2. Hooky
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Like it. My 3 pledges are

      1. Don't buy any Norwich players
      2. Captain a player against Norwich every week
      3. Refuse to have John Terry in my team

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      1. Cthulhu @ Left Back
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        I'm not so sure, Norwich are my 2nd team admittedly (Cambridge Utd are my "real" team so could be argued I'm not that qualified to comment) but Alex Neil is a canny manager and they're likely to have a few bargains as 5th mid/def - Bradley Johnson is tempting as long as he doesn't pick up so many cards.

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        1. JK - Cønt â­
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          I think this is a good point

          Norwich under Neil looked a much better unit

          It's the strikers I wouldn't touch

          Deeney or Wilson for 3rd striker for me

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        2. Hooky
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          I'm an Ipswich fan so won't be getting any of their players in. I agree that Alex Neil does seem an excellent manager and think they could do well. The rest of you can enjoy the bargains and I will enjoy watching our hoofball!

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    3. Doolittle
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      1) Have Aguero whenever he's fit
      2) Don't get a load of uber cheap defenders, forcing a complete overhaul early on
      3) If City are playing Aguero as a lone striker, always have Silva, even after a few blanks

      Really, it should be "always have players that will start", but I know I'll break that with Walcott.

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    4. Parm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      You should have just 1....

      No RMTs.

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      1. JK - Cønt â­
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        you'll miss them come the start of the season and I'm not around

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    5. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      4) To be decisive. Early. 😉

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      1. JK - Cønt â­
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        that goes hand in hand with number 1

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          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          Oh, alrighty, then! 😀

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  18. Ludo
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    All these rotations full of fixtures like 'swa' and 'sto'...

    Home advantage is a real thing. As many clean sheets were earned by teams playing Chelsea at home (3) as away to Stoke, Swansea, West Ham or even Newcastle in 2014/15. In fact, on the basis of CS won last season, new/wba/cpl/lei/qpr (25 CS in 95 games) would have been on a level par with CHE/LIV/TOT/MUN/SOU (25 CS in 95 games) for a rotation pair.

    Sunderland are just as terrible at scoring at home as they are away, however!

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    1. Lucy.
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      I agree. Any of the good rotations which don't have at least 9 or 10 home fixtures in the first 15 are being ignored.

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      1. Lucy.
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        'Good' home fixtures, obviously. CHE or MCI probably wouldn't help much vs swa or sto 😉

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    2. Doolittle
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Interesting, I do tend to play a defender away to a mid-lower table team ahead of a tough home fixture, maybe a home/away defender rotation is better than trying to judge it on fixtures!

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    3. JK - Cønt â­
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      and this is another argument in favour of either

      a) one keeper every week
      b) picking a perfect h/a pair (like Panti/Krul)

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    4. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      + 42. You tell 'em, Ludo! 🙂

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  19. JK - Cønt â­
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    One of the best names I've ever seen

    http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/24/arsenal-sign-romania-under-16-vlad-dragomir?CMP=share_btn_tw

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    1. Saniul
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Vlad the impaler.
      I'm sure someone with such an awesome name is surely an awesome player. 😉

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      1. Doolittle
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Part of me hopes he's rubbish just to avoid the inevitable, interminable puns on his name.

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        1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          Erewhon

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  20. Kings of Lyon ★
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone looked at a three way rotation at the back? Looking at the first 6 fixtures getting a 4.0 from Norwich Bournemouth and Watford you could play

    AVL WBA STO LEI BOU SUN

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    1. JK - Cønt â­
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      rp

      ooh now that's good

      but I'd like one that lasts more than 6 games

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    2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      No.

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      1. Kings of Lyon ★
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Reason being that you dont trust the new boys?

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        1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          No. Reason being that cheap defenders spoil the ship for a haporth of tar.

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          1. JK - Cønt â­
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 5 months ago

            they are, however, a necessity, unless you are in the LightKnight school of FPL

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            1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              10 years, 5 months ago

              I think I must be. I will have ONE 4.0.

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              1. JK - Cønt â­
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                10 years, 5 months ago

                Oh I agree 4.0s are a massive risk, no more than one for me without any proof said 4.0s are nailed

                I'll happily pay 4.5 to get the surety of starts

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                1. Lucy.
                  • 12 Years
                  10 years, 5 months ago

                  I'm also in the ONE 4.0 camp.

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          2. Kings of Lyon ★
            • 15 Years
            10 years, 5 months ago

            Aye its all just guesswork until we see the prices, if theyre 4.5 then I would go for it

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            1. Kings of Lyon ★
              • 15 Years
              10 years, 5 months ago

              wouldnt*

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    3. JK - Cønt â­
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      other issue is, likelyhood of their being 4.0 starters from all of those teams is slim

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    4. Doolittle
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      I am determined to spend more on defence this time, going for 3 4.0s has never worked well for me, but that is mighty tempting.

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      1. Kings of Lyon ★
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Means you can play Ivan and Kosc every week

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        1. Doolittle
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          Stop tempting me, I don't want another Caulker/Bruce situation on my hands.

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    5. Lucy.
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Following up from our convo above, it then goes:

      CPL WAT *ARS* WBA WHM NEW *MUN* *ARS*

      First ARS = new is best fixture
      MUN = swa
      ARS = avl

      But triple rotations are a pain because you need two week-in-week-out defenders which gets pricey or problematic.

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      1. Lucy.
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Because I don't believe you'll get 3 x 4.0s nailed on.

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      2. Kings of Lyon ★
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        I dont mind spending the extra on the bigger names Terry/Ivan Kosc maybe even Ramos (although cant see that going through)

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    6. In Like Flynn.
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      I'm currently working on balancing a three from five cheapies to kick the season off and replacing one every three weeks on average from GW5 or 6.

      All of which will depend on defender prices and those of the attacking 8 players.
      I want to be able to allow 10 or 10.5 for keepers.

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      1. JK - Cønt â­
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        keep us posted, this I would be interesting in

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      2. Lucy.
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        That sounds rather transfer heavy.

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  21. Saniul
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    I'm pretty unsure about how many nailed-on 4.0s will be out there, especially in Norwich.

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Indeed. There are only usually 2 or 3. That's why Dummett was so important to me last Season.

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      1. Saniul
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        I had Hutton, he was good for 7-8 weeks.

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        1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          I had Dummett for most of the Season.

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          1. Saniul
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 5 months ago

            Wasn't he injured for like the last six months? 😀

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            1. Doolittle
              • 13 Years
              10 years, 5 months ago

              So was Doos!

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              1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 16 Years
                10 years, 5 months ago

                😆

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              2. Mull
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                10 years, 5 months ago

                Haha.

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            2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              10 years, 5 months ago

              No. Played the last 5/6. Injured during January, annoyingly.

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  22. internal error
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    Coutinho helped convince Firmino about how great life is in Liverpool

    he's in for quite a surprise.

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    1. Hooky
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      I've heard he loves a sunbed

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    2. Woy of the Wovers
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      I'm sure he'll find somewhere nice to live.

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  23. Lucy.
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    Haven't decided on GKs because that'll depend on pricing but thinking of this as a back line:

    Koscielny, WBA (Dawson?), Sunderland, Leicester, Swansea

    Thoughts?

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    1. JK - Cønt â­
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      think Swansea may be too expensive to rotate

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      1. Lucy.
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Yeah maybe. Need to downgrade Swansea possibly...

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        1. JÆKS â­
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          Naughton?

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      2. Jaws
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        I think Naughton can do the business at 4.5

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    2. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Pricey

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      1. Lucy.
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Depends on Sunderland and Leicester. It's possible both will yield 4.5 options.

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    3. internal error
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      sounds good

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    4. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      6, 5 (maybe 5.5), 5 (PVA), 4.5 (if lucky), 5

      Too expensive for me and wasted bench money when playing 3 at the back.

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      1. Lucy.
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Yeah, ok. Looking at downgrading Swansea.

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        1. Lucy.
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          Would abandon WBA if no 5.0 option.

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          1. Beavis
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 5 months ago

            Myhill at 5 is the way. 🙂

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            1. Lucy.
              • 12 Years
              10 years, 5 months ago

              You may have a point!

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            2. JK - Cønt â­
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              10 years, 5 months ago

              if Myhill is 5, Panti is a better option IMO with Foster to come back and Pulis apparently looking at Hennesey again

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              1. Lucy.
                • 12 Years
                10 years, 5 months ago

                JK, the Panti love is overwhelming 😉

                Noticed you talking up Norwich/Stoke. Does that imply you see there being nailed on 4.5 Stoke options?

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                1. JK - Cønt â­
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  10 years, 5 months ago

                  possibly in defence, or Butland if Begovic leaves

                  Bar ShawX it seems a bit of a lottery with the Stoke defence though

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                  1. Lucy.
                    • 12 Years
                    10 years, 5 months ago

                    Yeah that's what concerns me.

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    5. Nickofoz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      How does it rotate?

      It is kinda pricey. I'm thinking something along the lines of Kosc, PvA, 4.5 Leicester, 4.5, 4.0 and Myhill in goal

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      1. Lucy.
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        I definitely want WBA cover. Poor opening fixtures but Pulis has the potential to smash the CS odds.

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      2. Hooky
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        This is very similar to what I'm looking at. I think I owe Myhill a spot after the points he got me at the end of last season.

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    6. Bumbaclot
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Youve got to have your standard 4.0 or even 3.9 bournmouth defender in there

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  24. Parm43
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    Pre season soon. Looking forward to reading about Boseli hat tricks

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    1. Hooky
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      I remember many moons ago when Niclas Alexandersson was banging in the goals for Everton in pre season and everyone having him in their fantasy team at the start of the season. This did not end well.

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      1. Doolittle
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Blimey, when did you start playing FPL!? He signed for us 15 years ago!

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        1. Hooky
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          I think it was the Mirror one that we used to do back then. I remember a massive A3 sheet of paper on the wall in the local sport shop with the scores on that was updated each week 😆

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    2. Parm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      No.

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  25. Bumbaclot
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    How much game time do you realistically think ings will get at liverpool this season guys??

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    1. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Depends if they sign another striker and how long Sturridge next gets injured for.

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      1. Bumbaclot
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        assuming sturridge is fit

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        1. Beavis
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 5 months ago

          That's a HUGE assumption to make. Think Ings will play Capital One Cup and Europa League if Sturridge were fit.

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    2. internal error
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      not enough to be considered as a fpl pick

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  26. Luis Suarez Ate My Homework
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    Which players are people earmarking as making an early/season long impact next year?

    There have been a lot of foreign signings - not sure how well they're going to adapt to the brutal play of the EPL.

    In particular, thinking:

    Firmino (LIV)
    Juanmi (SOU)
    Depay (MUN)
    Ayew (SWA)

    Any must have picks this year besides the obvious Chelsea players?

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    1. Lucy.
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Don't see Juanmi playing as a genuine striker for us but will probably be listed as a FWD on the game. Plus, being physically diminutive, I can see him needing time to adjust.

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    2. Parm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Not really, I think i'm going with the tried and trusting this year, chuck in the odd punt(4th/5th mid & 3rd striker) and the usual cheap stinkers at the back(4th/5th defender) and we're good to go.

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    3. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Depay pour moi

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    4. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Firmino if he's a mid, Memphis if he's a starter and Ayew if he's reasnably priced.

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      1. Luis Suarez Ate My Homework
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        Depay & Firmino to come in at around 9.0-9.5?

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  27. gupster5
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    Hi,

    Hoping this can be put as a hot topic or at least someone having an idea on how to compile this data.

    Basically, i find it difficult without trawling other sites to see when players have hit form in previous seasons or when they have scored high points against certain teams. Is there a way to extract the data from FPL last season so you can create easy charts/graphs for a player next season. As far as im aware, after the FPL is refreshed in the summer the only data you can get is the end of season stats for each player. It would be good to see this broken down to see if the points they scored were in streaks or over a longer period of time.

    Only an idea, and maybe it is availiable already, but if you can let me know that would be great.

    Cheers

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    1. The Sarjeant
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      The Watchlist on the right hand side shows when players are in form.

      Hitting form in previous seasons holds no relevance to future seasons, nor does playing well against certain teams in the past.

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  28. Hooky
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    I had no idea about half the things you can do with the ticker. Well worth a watch if you are a new member like myself.

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    1. Moin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      true! I didn't know we could create Custom Filters 😯

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      1. Hooky
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 5 months ago

        I didn't even know the basic ones that non-members could use 😆

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  29. Moin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    today's biggest stories:
    Petr Cech: Only a successful medical away from completing his move from Chelsea to Arsenal

    Raheem Sterling: Chelsea are interested in signing the England star, but the Blues will not pay more than £40m for the Liverpool forward

    Charlie Austin: QPR have yet to receive any offers for striker, and the club will not accept anything less than £15m for the England international

    Joleon Lescott: Panathinaikos want to sign the West Brom centre-back, but the Baggies don't want to sell the player

    Mohamed Salah: The Egyptian's representatives are set to meet with Fiorentina today to discuss extending the Chelsea winger's loan spell in Florence for one more season

    Michu: The Spaniard's agent met with Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins this week to discuss his future at the Liberty Stadium, but it is believed the Swans have not received any offers for the striker

    Steven Nzonzi: Leicester have made a £7m offer for the Stoke City midfielder, but the offer from the Foxes will be rejected

    Dieudonne Mbokani: Norwich are interested in the Dynamo Kyiv frontman, but so far the Canaries have made no offer for the DR Congo international

    Robert Huth: Leicester have agreed a £3m deal in principle to sign the Stoke defender

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  30. Brian (Not the Messiah)
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 5 months ago

    Firmino, who has scored 47 goals in 151 games for Hoffenheim, becomes the Reds' second most expensive player after Andy Carrol. 😆

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    1. Luis Suarez Ate My Homework
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 months ago

      Sterling doesn't score bags of goals and he's being sold for 50 mil.

      7 goals / 11 assists last season.

      I expect him to score 8-10 this season.

      He's an attacking midfield player, not a striker.

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